Ireland to Sell First Bonds Since Bailout Exit

Bond Sale Is Sign of Growing Demand for Irish Debt

Ireland said Monday it planned to sell a new long-term bond, its first since it ended an international bailout last month and evidence of its remarkable rehabilitation in international financial markets.

Bankers working on the deal said Ireland intends to raise at least €500 million ($680 million) from the sale of a 10-year bond, the third time the country will have sold long-term bonds since its bailout in 2010.